What is your most embarrassing "fat" moment in your life?
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I was at my brother's wedding wearing a size XXL indigo formal cocktail tube dress with an adjustable tie at the back that my body had a hard time getting in. The gown was actually too tight on me from the start but then I still bought it because it was the biggest one that the shops have. Anyway back to the story, I was getting late already but still had the hell of a time trying to fit in with the gown that I eventually broke the zipper that was on the butt part. Then I asked someone to help me get some safety pins to put everything in place. Then as we approached the reception, I got out of the cab in a hurry as I needed to hand out the programme to my other brother who was the emcee. Then as I was on my way to my brother, suddenly I heard a crack then I felt something pricky. Turned out that it was the safety pins that got broke up because it couldn't hold my gown anymore & not to mention that the butt area where the broken zipper is was wide open that everybody saw it & even pointed the thong that I was wearing underneath. I felt like I wanted to disappear on that moment0
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Sitting down on the toilet and having the seat break. If that wasn't bad enough the crack in the seat pinched my *kitten* cheek hard enough it started to bleed. This has happened to me twice now. But I think the toilet seats had a structural defect. Feel free to point and laugh :-)0
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I was training with other students in my kung fu class. Other guy tries to throw me and misses, but I fall to one knee. And break the floor on impact. And this was a floor designed to take the abuse of people jumping and down on it. I never forgot that moment.
I made sure no one ever was able to throw me again.0 -
My sister (who weights 100 pounds literally) and I were driving down the vard in our town. It's kind of a thing for people to hit on each other on the vard. Some guys were yelling at us in our car from theirs trying to hit on her, and I looked over and one of them said "Not you, the hot one!". That was like 6 years ago and I still think about it sometimes.0
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It was a long time ago, but I asked this guy out in school and he said no. I asked him why, he said I was homely. I told him I didn't know what that meant so he gave me a dictionary to look it up, and then told me that I was also too fat and that the only cows he needed in his life were on his farm.
Homely: (of a person) Unattractive in appearance.
That was the first and last time I EVER asked a guy out.
I do not know you, but I got tears in my eyes when I read this, and can only hope in words more acceptable, Karma has made him regret what he said to you. My most embarrassing moment is when the plane is ready to take off and the stewardess walks around to check if people have their seat belts on,mine would not fit without cutting into me. I tried to fake it like it did but the stewardess handed me a belt extension without me asking for one. OUCH I took it turning 10 shades of red.0 -
Interesting enough, mine was also a roller coaster that I didn't fit in at King's Dominion. I can't remember what it is called, but it is indoor and goes 0-70 in less than 3 seconds. I loved it when I was growing up, but when I was 22 I didn't fit in it. I didn't take a lot of time trying to fit, I knew it wasn't gonna happen the moment I sat down. I just cried.
Is this roller coast in cincinnati- Kings Island? they have one- its called "Outer Limits"0 -
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The day before my wedding in October 2000, I was getting a manicure at a spa with my bridal party. The salon was in an old mansion with anitque furniture- when it was my turn I sat "carefully" and broke the chair. I was mortified and then had to endure an hour of the manicurist describe in detail how AMAZING her dress was (size 0, of course) and how EVERYONE told her what a beautiful bride she was. I cried.
On a the train at a Halloween event at our local zoo (with our 3 year-old son), I got to listen to a teenage volunteer remark loudly to the other volunteers that she 'wondered how I fit in the train car' and how she hoped someone would 'shoot her if she ever got that big'.
When buying a new vehicle, the salesperson told me that the model I was looking at was 'not the vehicle for me' because he couldn't see me 'squeezing into that car comfortably'...I just turned and left.
Then there was the boss that told me I was not allowed to wear shorts like the other thin staff because it turned customers off from eating. Then a close friend's spouse threw a volleyball at my breasts at a picnic after he joked the tires on my side of the car were flat. There were the remarks made by women in the grocery store, teachers,and other parents. Apparently, I was so enormous that perfect strangers felt compelled to make snide comments and remarks.
I weighed 398 pounds in 2001. I lost over 140 pounds and kept it off for more than 10 years! I joined MFP in Feb 2012, after slowly gaining 40 pounds back with the goal in mind to lose the ALL of the remaining weight to be at a healthy BMI and to finally be free! I am halfway to my GOAL dream weight!!!
Yesterday I fit into the smallest size jeans I have ever owned...I wore them for 2 hours in 80 degree heat! I was so excited (and yes, I cried). And I would also like to say that I am nice to everyone regardless of size!!!!!1 -
I'll share another story since I've gotten a lot of feedback.
I've always been SUPER tall for my age. When I was 5, I was 4"5, when I was 11, I was 5"8, and now I'm 23 and 5"11. At school they always did an annual height and weight check in the P.E class. I remember being 5 and I towered over ALL the kids. When I was waiting in line to get weighed, all the boys were saying things to me like, " I bet you're gonna weight over 100 pounds." Or they would say," Let's get weighed first b/c she'll break the scale." I started crying in line. I knew I was big. My mom cooked but she believed in having 2nd's. Plus we ate fast food at least 4 days a week.(needless to say both of my parents were big too). When it was my turn to get on the scale the PE coach just looked at me and said I was 95lbs. I was 5! That's way too big for a 5 year old. So what made it worse is the kids really weren't too far from the truth when they said they bet I'd be over 100 lbs. Shoot, at that rate, I was probably over 100 lbs by the end of that year.
I don't have children, but when I do I'm definitely going to teach them healthy eating habits. My parents didn't care that I was big. They always bragged at how good a eater I was. I can't blame them though. They were both raised eating everything fried and with lots of grease.
Happened to me too...being weighed in front of all of the girls in my 7th grade class. The nurse wrote the weight down and the doctor said 'obese'. I didn't know what that meant so I went home and looked it up and cried!0 -
Mine has to be when my 75 year old grandmother looked at me and asked, "Just how big are your boobs getting." Thanks grandma! If you look quick, you'll get to see that my *kitten* grew too
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In fourth grade we were learning about mean, median, and mode and the teacher decided to do it with everyone's weight. Everyone had to state their weight in pounds out loud in class. I weighed the most in the class at 125. I still remember feeling so ashamed and trying to say my weight as quietly as possible.0
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About six weeks ago I was walking down the street with my son... I was trying to get prepared for the quarter marathon I was walking soon thereafter. Across the way a truck with a bed full of teenage boys drove by and they started shouting things at me... Bad enough it happened to me, but my fit and healthy 10 year old didn't understand why they were doing it. When I explained, he was horrified and embarrassed for me. He wanted to yell backbut I said to let it be...
Apparently it was such fun the first time, they came back around two more times. Sad really since I was finishing up a 5.5 mile walk and ended up sad rather than proud.
Sometimes I really dislike people...1 -
Worse thing ever? I was sleeping with this guy and had THE biggest thing for him....I was positive we had so much chemistry and that it was going somewhere when one day he said, "I really, really like you, but before we can officially be together, I think there's some things we should both work on." Well, after an hour or so of trying to figure it out, I finally guessed it....he wanted me to lose weight. I was so mortified and disgusted....it became clear to me then why he he had avoided going out in public with me.
(I have been with my now-boyfriend for eight months now.....ironically my now-boyfriend was at that time my best friend and my shoulder to cry on about it....now he's the love of my life and LOVES taking me out in public because he finds me irresistibly gorgeous
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I feel like I just had a lot of flashbacks after reading about airplanes, restaurant booths, and roller coasters! Here are the few other things I remember:
1- Going back in to the car rental company thinking there was something WRONG with the seatbelt because I'd never had one that didn't fit. Turned out it was just ME so they upgraded me to a different car after embarassing me by talking out in the open about it (I didn't care or ask for that part but was humiliated!).
2- Getting stuck in a desk in my high school just long enough to fall out in front of everyone. My teacher was calling each person back to give grades, and when they called me, I tried to slide out of the chair but didn't make it and the desk with me in it hit the ground sideways.
3- I was at a friend's house studying for finals with our whole study group (8-10 of us), and we sat on the back patio of one of the girls. The plastic chair split right under me in front of everyone. She tried to be nice and say that the chairs needed replaced but honestly, it only made me feel worse...0 -
When my fiance told me "Never wear those jean again, you look f*cking horrible"0
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when i was younger probably about 13/14 and i was chubby at school and very low in confidence. I had a crush on a girl in my Spanish class, and i told her friend that i liked her. And she went across the room to tell the girl i liked, to which she shouted out 'euuurgghh as if i would go out with you' in front of the whole class! really hurt me and stuck with me for years. Funny thing was i saw the same girl i had the crush on at my local gym a few months ago, and she almost didnt recognise me, she was quite complimentary and flirty with me, i thanked her for her advances and then said no thanks!
Also many times at school being bullied from about 13-16 years old, the constant jibes and name calling by certain kids.
Really sticks with you and still does today for me, even ten years later
Awe, you know I have been there all throughout my school years. Your right it does stick with you. I remember one kid in paticular when I would walk he would oink like a pig or loudly say "Boom-Boom" everytime I took a step. One time I was on my way to the gym (this was after I was done school) and some guys probably in their 20's were calling me fat at the bus stop they didn't know I was on my way to the gym because I was trying to better my life and health. People can be so cruel. I'm glad you told her no thanks. I have always believed if someone can't accept me for who I am on the outside they have no right to get to know who I am on the inside.0 -
About six weeks ago I was walking down the street with my son... I was trying to get prepared for the quarter marathon I was walking soon thereafter. Across the way a truck with a bed full of teenage boys drove by and they started shouting things at me... Bad enough it happened to me, but my fit and healthy 10 year old didn't understand why they were doing it. When I explained, he was horrified and embarrassed for me. He wanted to yell backbut I said to let it be...
Apparently it was such fun the first time, they came back around two more times. Sad really since I was finishing up a 5.5 mile walk and ended up sad rather than proud.
Sometimes I really dislike people...
That's awful, particularly while you had your son with you.
Strangely though, I did smile when I was reading this because your son was horrified by it, just shows he will grow up into a nice considerate guy and be nothing like those teenagers! 0 -
When I started my weight loss journey I was at a gas station with my best friends little boy getting a snack, and heading out for the day. As we waited in a very long line I could hear the two older women whispering behind me saying
"I think she is pregnant."
then the other replied," How can you tell she is big all over?"
Yup I left there feeling like ****, but no more of that now:)0 -
Another was me at my fattest weight - over 270, looking like a human manatee, trying to do a flip off the diving board.
I bounced up and down, then went for the maneuver only to corkscrew half way and land SPLAT on my back to the joy and giggles of all present.
One of my son's friends had his call phone cam....:devil:
Yep!
I became a YouTube star for a day.
FAT GUY DIVE FAIL
That was the title, and once I saw it, I laughed but looked my son in the eye and said real serious, "that'd better come down".
It did after all the kids had their laugh.
NSV: this summer I challenged the kid who shot the vid to a race swimming; he's a stud on the swim team age 17.
He BARELY beat me and was stunned. I asked him if he wanted a rematch but with somebody taking video to put on YouTube:bigsmile:
He said NO WAY!0 -
Another was me at my fattest weight - over 270, looking like a human manatee, trying to do a flip off the diving board.
I bounced up and down, then went for the maneuver only to corkscrew half way and land SPLAT on my back to the joy and giggles of all present.
One of my son's friends had his call phone cam....:devil:
Yep!
I became a YouTube star for a day.
FAT GUY DIVE FAIL
That was the title, and once I saw it, I laughed but looked my son in the eye and said real serious, "that'd better come down".
It did after all the kids had their laugh.
NSV: this summer I challenged the kid who shot the vid to a race swimming; he's a stud on the swim team age 17.
He BARELY beat me and was stunned. I asked him if he wanted a rematch but with somebody taking video to put on YouTube:bigsmile:
He said NO WAY!
That's awesome!!! Glad you made such progress!!!0 -
About six weeks ago I was walking down the street with my son... I was trying to get prepared for the quarter marathon I was walking soon thereafter. Across the way a truck with a bed full of teenage boys drove by and they started shouting things at me... Bad enough it happened to me, but my fit and healthy 10 year old didn't understand why they were doing it. When I explained, he was horrified and embarrassed for me. He wanted to yell backbut I said to let it be...
Apparently it was such fun the first time, they came back around two more times. Sad really since I was finishing up a 5.5 mile walk and ended up sad rather than proud.
Sometimes I really dislike people...
That's awful, particularly while you had your son with you.
Strangely though, I did smile when I was reading this because your son was horrified by it, just shows he will grow up into a nice considerate guy and be nothing like those teenagers!
Yeah, my kids know this is a topic I'm touchy about. I talk to them about how it affects my life and some of the things I could've done to not get to this point. They've been picked on at school because of their 'fat mom'. Talk about a little extra helping of guilt.
Something I do that my parents didn't was teaching them to love healthy, fresh fruits (without sweeteners or additives), fresh veggies, I cook from scratch and try to make healthy, low-fat recipe substitutions, etc. They still have a sweet tooth, but overall, I think they are going to be much more educated. All 3 of my children are also kept active in sports and none of them are overweight. It's my mission to make sure they never have to feel about themselves the way that I do and have most of my life.0 -
So many things...but I will give the examples that finally made me realized it was time to do something.
We bought a brand new bed. I actually broke it.
I went to my niece's wedding and broke the chair I was sitting in.
These memories even though I can still feel the pain, were a life saving experience. Because I had hit rock bottom.:embarassed:
I broke a chair in the mall food court once. One of the legs was damaged and it ****ed up when I sat on it. A man laughed at me but he was much fatter than me and it could have happened to anyone.0 -
My worst was going on a blind date (after warning the guy I was big), he took one look at me and his face was full of revulsion. Instead of deciding to end the date then and there, he carried on, chose the movie, sat 3 seats away from me and at the end of the movie just walked off and left me in a dark street late at night.
Never dating again after that one.0 -
I don't really have to words to express what I am feeling right now. I was never overweight as a child or in high school. My weight gain came later in my life. I have worked with children my whole adult life as a teacher and I know that children can be cruel. I was so moved (to tears at times) while reading all of your stories. Young, old, it doesn't matter. I pray that you all know how special you are - just as you are - where you are. It makes me very sad that so much of our population is obese and yet, there is still such stigma attached to being overweight. I have had moments of self doubt, self hate, all of the things so elequently expressed in this thread. I want to hug all the innocent children hiding inside all the people on this forum and tell them that they are precious. Keep going. Make your body as strong as you have always had to be on the inside. :flowerforyou:0
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Some of these make me so angry. I can't believe people say such things!
I know, but they do!0 -
Too many moments like that. Too many horrifying humiliating moments like that. Have been treated like worth nothing for way too many times.0
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I want to hug all the innocent children hiding inside all the people on this forum and tell them that they are precious. Keep going. Make your body as strong as you have always had to be on the inside. :flowerforyou:
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when i was younger probably about 13/14 and i was chubby at school and very low in confidence. I had a crush on a girl in my Spanish class, and i told her friend that i liked her. And she went across the room to tell the girl i liked, to which she shouted out 'euuurgghh as if i would go out with you' in front of the whole class! really hurt me and stuck with me for years. Funny thing was i saw the same girl i had the crush on at my local gym a few months ago, and she almost didnt recognise me, she was quite complimentary and flirty with me, i thanked her for her advances and then said no thanks!
Also many times at school being bullied from about 13-16 years old, the constant jibes and name calling by certain kids.
Really sticks with you and still does today for me, even ten years later
Isn't revenge sweet? :laugh:0 -
My worst was going on a blind date (after warning the guy I was big), he took one look at me and his face was full of revulsion. Instead of deciding to end the date then and there, he carried on, chose the movie, sat 3 seats away from me and at the end of the movie just walked off and left me in a dark street late at night.
Never dating again after that one.
What a creep! You gave full-disclosure so I wouldn't take his attitude as 'normal'. You can date, and find a great guy, at any size. There are plenty of men who would treasure you! Don't give up because you have one bad, ok awful, experience!
If it makes you feel any better, I had a similar experience about 15 years ago, but when the guy showed up at my office he was hands-down the biggest dork I'd ever seen. I decided to put on my happy face and give it a chance. We have lunch, lots of stilted conversation, then he returns me to work. I get an e-mail an hour later telling me that he could never be with someone who obviously didn't care about taking care of themself. LOL You just have to let those 'winners' go...
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I married a man who, while not necessarily loving my size, loves ME. He wants me to be happy and healthy! That's the type of man I want to be with.0 -
My most embarrassing "fat" moment was when I walked into work and a girl yelled "Look at you Crystal. You finally look pregnant and not just fat." What was bad is that she actually thought she was complimenting me. Granted I was pregnant at the time but it was still a horrible "fat" moment.
But the worst part for me is that I have not always been overweight. I thought I was the fattest girl in high school and I only weighed 135 lbs. Now I'm almost 250 lbs. Every time I see someone from high school I'm embarrassed because I feel like they're looking at me wondering what I've been eating over the last 11 years. Not a good feeling.0
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